Milk-treating machine



vMay 29, 1928. 1,671,160

,c. MORTENSEN MILK TREATING MACHINE Filed April 18, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1 dM/ ZWMM May 29, 1928.

C. MORTENSEN MILK TREATING MACHINE Filed April 18, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet Patented May 29, 1928.

CORNELIUS MORT'ENSEN, QF LOUISVILLE; KENEMIGKY;

MILK-TREATING MACHINE...

Application filed A r l 18, 1924; Serial ,No. 707,507.

This invention relates to an apparatus especially designed for treating milk, theprimary object of the invention being to provide novel means for inai'ntaini'ng milk at the required temperature for a period of time sufficiently to accomplish the Pasteurization thereof.

Another important object 0t the invention is to provide a revolving body portion having a plurality of' containers supported thereby,.novel'means being employed in connection with the containers for automatically filling and discharging fluid after has been treated. v i

A still further object of the invention'is to provide means to exclude air from the containerswhil'e themilk is passing thereinto, thereby insuring against the heat. of the milk passing ofi'therefrom during the filling of the containers. I i

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangen'ient of parts. and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise-embodimentof the.

invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, with out departing from the spirit of the invention. I

Referring to the drawings:

Figurel is a sectional view taken on line 11 of Figure 2. I

Figure'2 is a plan view of an apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 3 is an elevational view disclosing the receiving tank and. valve operating members carried thereby Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 44 of Figure 2, disclosing the guarding caps that guard the upper portions of the partitions between the containers.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 5 designates the base of the machine which is formed with a bearing (3 on which the lower end of the shaft 7 is positioned, which shaft extends upwardly and provides a support for the rotary member 8 that supports the containers or milk receiving tanks.

The rotary member 8 is circular in formation and is mounted on a supportmg memher 9 that is secured to the shaft 7, there being provided a ring gear 10 on the supporting member 9 for purposes to be hereinafter more fully described;

The body portion of. the rotary member 8 is indicated at 11' and is in t-he form of. a

length of sheet metal" having its lower edge secured to the member 8 at 12, the ends being brought together and secured" as by sol dering. Disposed within the body portion.

are a plurality of tanks 13 Which'are: supported: in spaced relation with the'member 8 and in spaced relation with the innersurface of the member 11,.the spaces being filled with a suitable insulating material such as.

layers of cork. or the like, to hold the h'B8t'.70

of the contents ofthe tanks.

These tanks 13 also include side walls 14, the side wallsof'one tank beingspaced from. the side walls of the adjacent tank providing a space to receive insulating material, 76

insulating one tank from the} other to insure,

against one tank being affected by the temperature of its adjacent tank.

Communicating with each tank 13 is a spigot 15 which is" supported as bymeans of so a quick detachable union 16 affording means whereby the spigot's may be readily disconnected to facilitate the cleani'n thereof.

The passa e offluid through i318 spigots:

15 is controlled by the operating levers*17 which are connected with suitable valvemembers not shown, and as clearly illustrated by Figure 1 of the drawings, these levers 17 are engaged by the cam 18 that lies in the path of; travel ofthe-levers 17- as the body portion ofthe apparatusis revolved;

This cam member 1 8 is supported at the upper edge of the receiving tank" 19- that re ceives the milkfrom the containerssupport ed withinthe body portion, there being provided an upwardly extended fingen20-positioned at the'opposite end of thereeeiving tank '19. that lies inthe path of travel of'thelevers-1'7" to move the l'eversto'their active or closing positions so that when a lever has been operated to close a valve, thetank is ready for refilling.

As clearly shown by Figure 1 of the drawings, the body portion and tanks 13 are closed by means of the cover 21 which has its cut out portion is normally closed by the stationary disk-like member 23. This disk-like member supports a trough-like member 24in tanks 13.

which the entensions of the disk 26 are positioned, the disk 26 acting to close the trough-like member 24 and at the same time provide means for supporting the feed pipe 27.

A relatively small opening is formed in the supportina disk 26 to permit the flexible pipe mem oer 27 to be extended therein,

which pipe section establishes communication between the tanks 13 and a suitable tank wherein the milk hasbeen heated in Pasteur- .izing the same, prior to Its, entrance to the F rom the foregoing it Wlll be obvious that due to this construction, the upper portions of the tanks are closed at all times and due tothe fact that the body portion 11f revolves under the disk-like member 23,'it is unnecessary to open or close covers flexible pipe 27, the milk passing from the pipe 27 will not enter the space between the walls of the adjacent tanks to deteriorate the cork insulating material to impair the insulating qualities thereof, I

Positioned under the body portion 11 is a support 29011 which is mounted a suitable motor indicated at 30, which motor transmits motionthrough a train of gears which includes a wor1n31 meshing with the ring gear 10, the reduction of gearing being such to cause the body portion 11 to make one complete revolution at a predetermined periodyi or example every forty minutes to tion. i v H It mightbe further stated that the numbeirof tanks employed .in the body portion 11, aresuch as to cause a tank to be filling simultaneously with the discharging of its adjacent. tank, while the contents of the remaining tanks are held for a given. period of time at a predetermined temperature.

In the operation of the device, the motor 30 is placed inmotion and the supply of milk which has been heated to a predetermined degree is admitted to the tank 13 positioned directly under the flexible pipe 27. The gearing which rotates the body 11 is such as to cause an empty tank to be brought to a receiving position .under the pipe 27 when its adjacent tank has been filled, and it follows that as the tanks become filled and reached a point where they may discharge the contents thereof, the fluid has been held at a predetermined temperature for a given time.

I claim v V 1. In an apparatus for treating milkf'a body portion, a plurality of tanks supported within the body portion, a cover for the tanks, a disk-like member forming a part ot the cover, sald cover adapted to move with respect to the disk-like member, a discharge pipe extending through the disk-like member and adapted to supply milk to the tanks, as they are moved under the discharge pipe, means for rotating the body portion, and means for controlling the pas-' of fluid from the tanks.

2. In an apparatus for treating milk, a

body portion, a plurality of tanks supported within, the body portion, a cover for the tanks, said cover having a cut out portion, a disk-like member positioned over the cut out portion of the cover, said. disk-like men'n her having openings, a trouglnlike member positioned in the openings, a disk having extensions fitted in the trough-like memher, said body portion adapted to move under the last mentioned disk, and a feed pipe extending through the last mentioned disk to supply material to the tanks.

3. In an apparatus for treating milk, a

rotatable body portion, a plurality of tanks supported on the body portion, a cover for meet the present requirentients of Pasteurizzn,

tending through the disks to supply mate rial to the tank and means for discharging material from the tanks.

In testlmony that I clann the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

CORNELIUS MORTENSEN. 

